Chapter 247: The Usefulness of Captives

Whether or not to come out of the nest is a question that does not need to be discussed too much. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. biqUgE怂 ļ½‰ļ½Žļ½†ļ½

Because the Qing army went south, with a total of more than 40,000 people, this number alone is enough to make the Xigang Military Sub-district pay attention to it, can it still be reserved, is this very unrealistic?

After all, there are about 15,000 troops in the Changshun lineage, which is not so easy to deal with, and there are more than 10,000 bearded troops that are difficult to deal with, so it is basically certain that they will come out of the nest, of course, leaving some people as Zhenxigang and Morgen City, this is for sure.

As for the other officers and men of the 203rd Regiment, they were temporarily handed over to the chief of staff Qin You, and went to Moling with the large army to resist the enemy.

"Wanyan Regiment Leader, stay this time, you are mainly in Xigang, the most important thing to pay attention to is the situation in the west, in case, I said in case, if the two regiments in the west make a comeback, then everything is based on self-preservation, if they want to go to Aihui, you can let them go, as for Morgan City, you mainly hand it over to Ulemu to manage, try not to leave Xigang, after all, Xigang is our old nest, if you let others talk about the old nest, then we will have no face to see people." Yue Weiyun told that although only one battalion of men and horses was left, if they only held on to Xigang, it would be impossible for two regiments without heavy weapons to attack.

"Commander, rest assured, if there are no 100,000 people in a hurry, Wanyan Batu will definitely not leave Xigang easily." Wanyan Batu promised.

"Well, you're a safe person, and I'm sure you'll be able to keep this home."

After getting rid of the people left behind, he talked about the supply of grain, grass, weapons and ammunition, and this time he went to Moling to block the Qing army going north, even if he took a shortcut, there were nearly 300 kilometers, such a long distance, if he carried a large amount of grain, grass and ammunition, then it would definitely slow down the march, after all, the three regiments and two battalions directly under the Xigang Military Division, a total of more than 8,000 people, a lot of people, but all of them were combat units, and there was no so-called special logistics and transportation.

Of course, the most important thing is that Yue Weiyun is in a hurry, if he can arrive a day earlier, he will be able to have one more day to prepare, although the Qing army has just gone south to the boundary of the ice city, and it is still more than 300 kilometers away from Moling Town, which is farther than Xigang to Moling, if it is a single speed, the Black Dragon Army must be faster than them, after all, the Xigang Military Division is basically a war horse per person, if it can be easily followed, 300 kilometers, it is estimated that it will take more than two days, and it will be about the same.

Everyone discussed and discussed, and in the end, someone actually thought of asking the commander-in-chief Yue Weiyun to be a porter.

The reason is that it is only about two hundred kilometers from the headquarters of the Wolf Domain to Moling Town, and if Yue Weihua goes there on a Harley motorcycle, it will only take about four hours at most, and eight hours back and forth is enough, and Yue Weihua has this mysterious ability, which is almost not a secret among the high-level of the Black Dragon Army.

"Ahem, I have to say, you guys are bold enough." Yue Weiyun coughed dryly and said: "But the food can be considered to let the commander-in-chief think of a way, but the ammunition, I'm afraid you still need to bring it yourself, after all, although the wolf domain produces a lot of ammunition every day, but the consumption is greater, and on our side, before the commander-in-chief left last time, a large amount of ammunition was left for us to fight with the Western Route Coalition Army, I think so, Xiao Dazhu, anyway, the speed of your field artillery battalion will definitely not be able to keep up with the large army, in this case, simply leave the task of escorting ammunition to you." ā€

"Yes, Commander."

Xiao Dazhu, the commander of the artillery battalion, commanded, there is no way, the field artillery is a behemoth weighing several tons, and each one needs to be pulled by several horses, and there are manpower to control it, so this speed is naturally not fast.

"Well, Chief of Staff, since you asked the commander-in-chief to help the Xigang Army Division send grain, grass and supplies, it was you who proposed it first, why don't you send a telegram to the commander-in-chief in your name, you are also one of the elders of our Black Dragon Army, I think the commander-in-chief will still give this face." Yue Weiyun smiled.

"Ahem." Chief of Staff Tie Lin choked out directly with a mouthful of water, his face was flushed, and it took a while to straighten out his breath, and said with a wry smile: "That, Commander, I'm just a proposal, whether it's with the commander-in-chief's distant relatives, or as the boss of the Xigang Military Division, Commander Yue, you are well-deserved, hehe, I second, second." ā€

"Haha."

"Okay, Lao Yin, go and ask someone to send a telegram." Yue Weiyun commanded.

"Yes, Commander, then I'll send it in the name of the Iron Chief of Staff?" After Yin Lili walked to the door, he suddenly turned around and asked.

"Okay, you Yin Power, you dare to harm me?" Tielin roared.

"Haha."

After another burst of laughter, the crowd returned to the topic and discussed the issue of Qing prisoners.

In the first battle of Moziling, an association of the Qing army was ambushed, which killed more than 1,000 people on the spot, and more than 2,700 prisoners, and now they are locked up in the prisoner camp of the Xigang Military Division, because there are many people, and there are not many people left behind in the Xigang Military Division, so there is definitely not so much strength to take care of these prisoners, if they stay here, there is obviously a hidden danger.

In the end, after some discussion, several guidelines were formulated:

First, the technical arms in the captives, such as artillery, cavalry, etc., should be recruited first, or some means should be used to carry out forced recruitment, it is not impossible, after all, the soldiers who can ride horses are not the same concept as the cavalry at all, and the artillery is more different from the mortar gunners, and it is not so easy to train.

Second, ordinary Qing soldiers, as long as they are in good health and have no bad habits, can be recruited from them on the principle of voluntariness, of course, the necessary work still needs to be done, such as a little propaganda to them, explain the policies of the Black Dragon Army, and so on.

Third, it is to eliminate bad factors, and send those thorns and those who have bad habits directly to let them go, of course, you can provide a certain amount of entanglement, give a few oceans and the like, and show the benevolence of the Black Dragon Army.

Fourth, it mainly refers to the generals of the Qing army, this kind of person, if he joins the Black Dragon Army not far away and is unwilling to start as a small soldier, then he can only be locked up first, as for how to deal with it, then wait for later.

As soon as these four guidelines were reported to the Xigang headquarters, they immediately attracted the attention of the General Staff, speaking of which, the battle had not been fought for a few days, but the number of Qing troops captured was already very large, totaling more than 6,000 (more than 2,000 Qing army forwards were captured on the first night, and nearly 4,000 Qing troops were captured again in the first battle of the 18th Lianbao), in addition to the Qing army, the total number of prisoners in Tsarist Russia also exceeded 5,000 people.

More than 10,000 prisoners, in fact, will also consume a lot of manpower and material resources of the Black Dragon Army, and the Russian prisoners will not be of great use for the time being (before the battle, you can also invite some Tsarist captains, naval artillery and artillery, to help teach the people of the naval fleet, but now that the war is together, not to mention that the naval fleet has gone ashore, even if you don't go ashore, you don't dare to use it.) I can only do some coolies, but if these more than 6,000 Qing army prisoners operate well according to the practice of the Xigang Army Division, it can be regarded as a good means of waste utilization.

The Qing army, 90.999% of them are Han Chinese, and there is no big enmity with the Black Dragon Army, the reason why they participated in the war was that they were all fooled, just eating with a mouthful of food, and now they are captured, if they are given the opportunity to choose again, I think this choice is not difficult to make.

Moreover, although the battle was only two or three days, the battle losses of each regiment were not small, and more than a thousand soldiers were sacrificed on the first day, and they did need fresh blood to join, and these captured Qing troops did not dare to say that they were all elite soldiers, but at least they were all trained, and there must be no problem in firing and releasing guns, just give them some time to integrate into the Black Dragon Army, let them fight a few battles with Tsarist Russia, and after the survival of the fittest, they will naturally become the elite soldiers of the Black Dragon Army.

Deep in Mount Buren, a prisoner concentration camp.

The so-called prisoner concentration camp was actually originally a few selected valleys, of course, now these valleys have been covered with some tattered cargo ships or river ships by Yue Weihua with the help of the power of the merit tower, and then the vegetation in the valley is cleared and leveled, this is the prisoner camp.

Don't dislike the poor conditions, after all, this is in the mountains, it would be nice to have a shelter from the wind and rain, do you still want to live in a five-star hotel.

Before the start of this war, the logistics department of the Black Dragon Army expected that there would definitely be a large number of prisoners, so four such prisoner camps were built in advance, of which the No. 1 prisoner camp was basically full, and all the prisoners lived in Tsarist Russia, about 3,000 people, all of whom had been captured before.

And with the arrival of the East Road Coalition Army in the second station town, on the night of the same day, more than 2,000 Qing troops and more than 1,000 Tsarist Russian soldiers were captured, so that these prisoner camps were lively again, of course, the most lively must be today, because the battle of the Eighteenth Union Fort had just ended, nearly 4,000 Qing army prisoners, and more than 1,200 Tsarist Russian prisoners, were taken to the prisoner camp area.

"Hey, brother, you're from that unit, damn it, you're artillerymen?"

"Oh my God, have even the artillerymen been captured, have we suffered another big defeat."

"Hey, man, how many soldiers and horses are there in our Tsarist Russia this time, can you get here and rescue us?"

"Damn, isn't that Colonel Chris, my God, I know him, he's a fellow countryman with me, oh my God, why is this happening?"

"Woohoo."

……

When a group of Tsarist Russian prisoners passed through the No. 1 prisoner camp, although it was already more than two o'clock in the morning, many of the Tsarist soldiers in the prisoner camp still rushed to the mouth of the valley, through the barbed wire, shouting loudly, and even some people were able to find their acquaintances in the dim moonlight, and saw their fellow countrymen in a foreign prisoner camp.

More than 1,000 prisoners of the Chris Artillery Regiment lived in the No. 2 prisoner camp, and there were more than 1,000 Tsarist Russian soldiers who were captured two days ago, of course, unlike the Chris Artillery Regiment, this captured Tsarist Russia was not convinced, because they fell into the tricks of the Black Dragon Army, so they were easily captured, so the entire No. 2 prisoner camp was full of abuse, not at all like the No. 1 prisoner camp, which made Chris very depressed, of course, if he was depressed or not, others would not care.

As for the more than 4,000 prisoners of the Qing army, it was obviously much silent, even when passing through the No. 3 prisoner camp, the more than 2,000 Qing army prisoners in the No. 3 prisoner camp were only a few curious people, and they only glanced at a few times, but when they were escorted to the No. 4 prisoner camp, they found that it was already brightly lit, and there were many soldiers of the Black Dragon Army who were loaded with guns and ammunition, all of them were tiger-eyed and fierce.

"Everyone is quiet, all listen to Lao Tzu, if anyone dares to fart again, Lao Tzu will let him squat in the pit, have you heard clearly?"

More than 4,000 Qing army prisoners, crowded on the small flat ground in front of the No. 4 prisoner camp, all trembling, at this time, a strong man with a strange big horn in his hand, began to shout, and the first sentence is to let them not make a sound, even if they can't let go of the fart, otherwise the consequences will be very serious, squatting in the pit, this is a cold winter, it will kill people.

"Very good, let me introduce myself, I, Li Du, the deputy captain of the Black Dragon Army Teaching Team."

"Now listen to my command, artillerymen come out of the ranks and come to my side."

In fact, the Qing army is not without artillery, Zeng Qi also has a few artillery teams under his hands, but the cannons under his hands are terrible, and the sea ships of Tsarist Russia do not help Zeng Qi transport artillery at all, because the Qing army's artillery are all old cannons, large in size and small in power, so, in this battle, the Qing army does not have its own artillery team, but the artillery is there, but it is just incorporated into the infantry as infantry.

As Li Du's password was shouted, the Qing army prisoners looked at me one by one, I looked at you, a little unclear, but there were still some clever ones, for example, a guy named Huang Xuan under Lu Guohui's department, before this guy came to Aihui, he was also a team leader of the artillery team, and Su Sancannon, the head of the heavy artillery regiment of the Black Dragon Army, used to be a position in the Qing army.

Coincidentally, within a few days of coming to Aihui, Huang Xuan heard about Su Sanpao's legendary experience in the Black Dragon Army by chance, which made Huang Xuan very emotional, and even had the idea of taking his brothers to defect to the Black Dragon Army, of course, this can only be just a thought.

But now when he heard what Li Du said, Huang Xuan immediately became excited, obviously, he understood what it meant, so he whispered to the surrounding brothers (all of whom were from his former artillery team): "Go, go out with me, our life has taken a turn for the better." ā€

"Report sir, we are all artillerymen, I used to be the head of the artillery team, and these are all brothers of our artillery team."

After Huang Xuan walked out of the crowd with more than fifty Qing soldiers, he was the first to run towards Li Du quickly, and learned the tone of the soldiers of the Black Dragon Army along the way, called Li Du a chief, and entered a god-like military salute, this scene really impressed Li Du.

"Hehe, young man, you're quite clever." Li Du sent Huang Xuan with his bear paws, and found that Huang Xuan was quite sturdy, not a wine bag and rice bag, so he was even happier in his heart, so he pointed to the side and said: "Very good, Huang Xuan, I remember you, but if you are an artilleryman, you will only know after a while, if anyone dares to deceive me, the consequences will be very serious, do you see it, there is a torch over there, stand on his side." ā€

"Don't dare, don't dare."

"If there are any artillerymen, if they do, stand up, rest assured, they won't do anything to you, on the contrary, your chance to change your fate has come."

…… (To be continued.) )